Clip for holding programs for use in theaters &amp;c.



No. 785,632. PATENTED MAR. 21, 1905. J. OGILVIE & J. n. LOWE. CLIP FOR HOLDING PROGRAMS FOR USE IN THEATERS, 8:0.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-10. 1904.

NTTED STATES Patented March 21, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CLIP FOR HOLDING PROGRAMS FOR USE IN THEATERS, 80c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,632, dated March 21, 1905.

Application filed February 10, 1904. Serial No. 192,942.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, J AMES OGILVIE, wholesale cycle factor, a resident of 128 Benfield street, and J OHN DOWIE Lown, cycle warehouseman, a resident of p 117 Allison street, Orosshill, Glasgow, Scotland, subjects of the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, have invented a Clip for Holding Programs for Use in Theaters and other Places, also for Holdin Advertising- Cards and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a clip for holding programs, &c. for use in theaters and the like, also for holding advertising-cards and the like. It is attached to the back of a chair or seat to hold a program for the person behind to read.

Figure 1 is afront elevation of the clip holding a ticket or program. Fig. 2 is a side view' showing the clip in an open position to receive I the card or program. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of Fig. 1.

The clip consists of a pivoted plate portion A, with a spiral spring a behind 1t, so that by pressing the one portion of the pivoted plate with the thumb or finger on the part indicated by the word Press on Fig. 1 the other portion is opened for the insertion of the top of the paper, as shown more particularly in Fig. 2, the jaw or opened portion of the clip retaining the paper when the plate is released.

The clip is so constructed that it does not project, as devices of this character that are now in use. Our clip is embedded in the back of the chair and offers no obstruction upon which clothing of passers-bymight be caught.

We mount the pivoted plate A,formed with the lugs (1 within a brass or other metal dishshaped frame B, which frame fits within a recess made in the seat-back, the said frame carying the pin 0. across it, upon which the clip is pivoted and around which pin is coiled the spiral spring a, which gives the required grip to the clip.

The gripping-j aw A of the pivoted plate A bears against the flange a of the dish-shaped frame B, the program or other article being held between the flange a and the under side of the jaw A of the plate A.

The arrangement is such that the embedded frame B and the pivoted plate A within it are flush with the wood of the seat-back. The clip so constructed may be secured within the recess in the said back by screws 0 passed through the flange a of the dish shaped frame.

We claim- In clips for holding programs for use in theaters and other places, the dish-shaped frame B containing within it the pivoted grippingplate A formed with the lugs a the said pivoted plate being actuated by the spiral spring a and having its jaw A. pressing against the flange a of the frame B, as set forth.

JAMES OG'ILVIE. JOHN DOWIE LOWE.

Witnesses:

WM. FORBES, Jr., DOUGLAS L. GRAY. 

